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  Thief (character class) - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
The thief character class in role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons, Final Fantasy, and most MMORPGs are stealthy, dextrous characters who are the only characters who can disarm traps, pick locks, and perform backstabs from hiding.
Typically, these thieves are capable of hand to hand fighting or usage of bows, and while stronger than a mage, are outclassed in physical combat by character classes who are dedicated to such talents.
Although the thief as an archetype in role-playing games achieved popularity through Dungeons and Dragons, in the game's Third Edition the class was renamed as "Rogue", likely since not all stealthy characters are actually thieves.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/t/h/i/Thief_(character_class).html   (437 words)

  
 Thief (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thief is a 1981 noir crime drama written and directed by Michael Mann, based on the novel The Home Invaders by "Frank Hohimer" (the pen name of real-life jewel thief John Seybold).
Thief's moody soundscapes were composed and performed by Tangerine Dream, providing the first of many notable film compositions they had in the 1980s.
The film also earns plaudits for its meticulous attention to detail: the tools and techniques of the trade, right down to the oxy lance used to penetrate a safe, are authentic, the result of Mann's decision to hire real-life thieves to serve as technical advisors.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thief_(film)   (525 words)

  
 Thief (computer game series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thief is a series of mainly first-person computer games where the player takes the role of Garrett, a thief in a steampunk world resembling a cross between the Late Middle Ages and the Victorian era, with some primitive technology thrown in.
Thief is sometimes described as either a "first-person sneaker", "sneak-em-up" or a "first-person looter" to emphasize this difference.
Thief generated much of its longevity due to the many approaches that could be taken to the game.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thief_(computer_game)   (3416 words)

  
 Gamasutra - Features "Postmortem: Looking Glass's Thief: The Dark Project" [07.09.99]
Thief was to present a lightly-scripted game world with levels of player interaction and improvisation exceeding our previous titles.
Although development ostensibly had been in progress on paper for a year, Thief realistically began early in 1997 after the game was repositioned as an action/adventure game of thievery in a grim fantasy setting.
For Thief, these systems didn't gel until mid-summer, fifteen months after the project began full development, and only three months before we were scheduled to ship.
www.gamasutra.com /features/19990709/thief_01.htm   (1010 words)

  
 Thief: The Circle -- A Through the Looking Glass Website
Thief was best described as a First Person Sneaker, where the object of the game was not to loudly blast through enemies, but instead to avoid detection while pilfering valuable or interesting objects.
Thief is, at the very least, the spiritual ancestor of popular modern titles such as the Splinter Cell series from UbiSoft.
Thief also illustrated that there was a market for titles played from a first person perspective other than violent slaughter-fests.
www.thief-thecircle.com   (2585 words)

  
 Thief: Deadly Shadows for PC Review - PC Thief: Deadly Shadows Review
The original developer of Thief and its similar sequel is unfortunately no longer in business, but Eidos and Ion Storm thankfully snatched up the rights and have finally delivered a new chapter in the series that's suitable for longtime Thief fans and newcomers alike.
The master thief Garrett returns, and once again, he'll be knocking foes out cold and robbing them blind while unraveling a web of intrigue.
At its core, Deadly Shadows sticks very closely to the formula of the older Thief games, which are first-person perspective action adventures in which you must carry out a series of high-risk, high-reward missions as Garrett, a self-serving master thief living in a cold, surreal, medieval world.
www.gamespot.com /pc/action/thief3/review.html?mode=gsreview   (1316 words)

  
 Thief: The Dark Project, The Unofficial Site
Thief: The Dark Project is an intelligent, engrossing action/adventure experience that pushes the gamer to use his brain as much as his broadsword, and offers the type of gameplay this industry hasn't seen in a long, long time.
Thief is that something different that we've all been whining about for quite some time now.
Thief is one of the most exciting first-person games to come out in years.
www.ttlg.com /thief   (1567 words)

  
 THIEF
Another asset of a thief is that they can trip many of the spellcasters and prevent them from casting spells among the members of the formation.
SOLOING THIEF --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Though soloing as a thief is easier in some respects than other classes because of the skills a thief has, one of the most valueable commands a thief can use is flee.
As a thief just starting out your best bet will be to find a formation to join the first few times out of Medievia City itself, Clerics are everyones best friend in a form for their ability to heal and protect formation members.
www.medievia.com /help/THIEF.html   (917 words)

  
 IGN: Thief: The Dark Project Review
You are Garrett, a thief who has learned the tricks of motion invisible from a mysterious group of silent Watchers.
The main difference between Thief and other games of the genre is the fact that your character isn't built for combat, he's built for stealth.
Thief is one of the best games we've played this year, but may cause some troubles for action gamers used to killing everything they see.
pc.ign.com /articles/153/153476p1.html   (1516 words)

  
 Featuring Thief: Deadly Shadows Review at ActionTrip
Thief fans, however, can rest easy knowing the Project Lead on Thief: Deadly Shadows was none other than key member of the Thief and Thief 2, Randy Smith (well up until he quit Ion Storm about two months ago).
While Thief: Deadly Shadows lends to some respect from the events in the previous games, the way that the world is presented is elaborate enough to engross both newcomers and veterans alike.
And remember, you play the role of master thief; saving the world from the coming of the new Dark Age is all good and well, but it ain't fun to do it unless you have some personal gain in all of this.
www.actiontrip.com /reviews/thiefdeadlyshadows.phtml   (1096 words)

  
 Thief (FX) - Reviews from Metacritic
"Thief" pays homage to all the conventions of a traditional thriller and weaves into it complicated issues of guilt, race and family.
Thief is in a different league, simultaneously intense and flamboyant, propelled by Braugher, who's even better here than in Homicide: Life on the Street.
"Thief" offers strong moments aplenty, but what it lacks are strong connections, both between those moments and among some of its characters.
www.metacritic.com /tv/shows/thief   (930 words)

  
 The DVD Journal | Quick Reviews: The Thief (1952)
But when a Russian courier is struck by a car and the police find he had delicate information from Fields' office, every scientist in the building is shadowed by the FBI in the hopes of finding the mole in their midst.
Rouse and Greene's intent when writing The Thief was clear enough — since the advent of the "talkies" a scant 25 years earlier, the nature of dialogue had altered what was regarded as the "pure cinema" of the silent era, as it was much more convenient to convey spoken information rather than illustrate it visually.
In this sense, The Thief is a throwback to the age of silents, and in a perfect setting, as Rouse's spymaster world of 1950s Washington D.C. and New York City operates in the shadows, where people live solitary lives and communicate with covert glances and signals.
www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/t/thief52.q.shtml   (678 words)

  
 Thief - Try to avoid getting caught while collecting as many jewels as possible.
Thief - Try to avoid getting caught while collecting as many jewels as possible.
In this game you take a role of a master thief, who has been betrayed by his friends and is out to take revenge.
The thief steals from the wealthy and gives to himself, making his living in the dark and forbidden city.
thief.freeonlinegames.com   (111 words)

  
 DVD Review - The Thief   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
I guess the thing that surprised me the most about "The Thief" was the fact that this is a Russian movie, distributed in the US by a Hollywood major.
While featuring such scenes on the side, we see one of the most powerful scenes of "The Thief", when Toljan is transferred to a prison in Siberia and Sanja is calling out to him as "Father" for the first time.
The DVD presents "The Thief" in it original 1.85:1 widescreen aspect ratio and contains a monaural Russian soundtrack.
www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/the_thief.shtml   (1108 words)

  
 The Thief And The Cobbler
The story of The Thief and the Cobbler began in London in the late 1960s, as Richard Williams began work on an obscure film which was to evolve over many years before reaching its final form.
The destruction of the evil One-Eye's war machine at the end of the film is a sequence of breathtaking complexity and beauty, a symphony of destruction in which sound effects, music and animation combine to create an almost balletic climax.
The character of The Thief was intended as a mute, a Chaplinesque primitive, subtle and understated.
www.awn.com /mag/issue1.12/articles/williams1.12.html   (1236 words)

  
 GameSpy: Thief: Deadly Shadows
Thief: Deadly Shadows - Volume II (05/08/04) - Developer David Riegel slips out of the shadows to talk about how the AI behavior in Thief: Deadly Shadows was revamped to enhance the stealth gameplay.
Thief: Deadly Shadows - Volume I (04/24/04) - Brian Sharp, sound technology programmer, discusses the philosophy and technology behind the sound in Thief: Deadly Shadows.
Thief: Deadly Shadows Gold (05/05/04) - Garrett returns for a whole new caper on the PC and Xbox later this month.
pc.gamespy.com /pc/thief-deadly-shadows/?ui=gamefinder?newtab   (496 words)

  
 Through the Looking Glass: The Looking Glass Studios News and Fansite Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This is a recording of the Thief 2 intro music.
This, which can be best described as a Thief dance mix, was created using several of the Thief in-game background beats, transforming them into something quite different.
A nice collection of voice files from Thief forming a simple and funny narrative, set to some thief ambient music.
www.ttlg.com /other/jukebox/thief_2.htm   (209 words)

  
 What About The Thief On The Cross?
The thief on the cross was not baptized b.
Yes, the thief was saved on the cross without baptism a.
But the thief's example is irrelevant to the issue of baptism...
www.bible.ca /eo/ba/ba_05.htm   (761 words)

  
 The Thief
A businessman, travelling by coach through a forest, was accosted by a thief.
The thief was sympathetic and obliged his victim by firing two bullets into the hat.
The thief did as he was asked until his bullets were gone.
www.hasidicstories.com /Stories/Nachman_of_Bratslav/thief.html   (331 words)

  
 AVault | PC | Thief Gold Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Like their star, the Master Thief Garrett, Looking Glass has quietly developed a huge following based upon their ability to provide a type of gameplay unique to their products.
Thief Gold is a mission-based offering centered around the adventures of Master Thief Garrett.
The 12 original missions in Thief were woven together amongst an old religous sect called the Hammerites and their prophecy of an evil one called the Trickster.
www.avault.com /reviews/review_temp.asp?game=thiefg   (678 words)

  
 THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- THE THIEF OF BAGDAD
There is no question in my mind that THE THIEF OF BAGDAD ($15) is one of the greatest fantasy films of all time- it also ranks as one of the most gorgeous British Technicolor movies ever made and it did win an Academy Award for Georges Périnal's exquisite cinematography.
THE THIEF OF BAGDAD is adapted from The Arabian Nights and tells of a King named Ahmad (John Justin), who is tricked by his Grand Vizier Jaffar (Conrad Veidt) into relinquishing his throne.
Forming a fast friendship, Ahmad and Abu are able to escape from prison and make their way to the Kingdom of Basra where they encounter the toy loving Sultan (Miles Malleson) and his beautiful daughter.
www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd_review_2002/thief-of-bagdad-dvd.htm   (615 words)

  
 AVault | PC | Thief II: The Metal Age Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A risky venture for the small Massachusetts based development house, Thief: The Dark Project was the first major market release that focussed its core gameplay on stealth.
So it was decided that for Thief II, the missions would focus primarily around humans and follow the gameplay style of missions such as Lord Badford's Manor and Assassins, two of the best scenarios in Thief.
Overall Thief II is certainly a game worth playing to the end, and the latter scenarios are some of the best ever offered in a first person action offering.
www.avault.com /reviews/review_temp.asp?game=thief2   (861 words)

  
 The thief and the master   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The thief was startled by this unexpected reaction, but he proceeded with his business anyway.
The thief later told his friends that he had never been so frightened in his life.
A few days later, the thief was caught and confessed, among many others, his thieft at Shichiri's house.
www.serve.com /cmtan/buddhism/Stories/thief.html   (209 words)

  
 Thief: The Dark Project for Windows - MobyGames
Surfacing as a master thief, Garrett must enter forbidden places and appropriate the treasures of the rich and the powerful.
Thief: The Dark Project is a first person game focused on stealth.
Garrett's main skills are in using the shadows to avoid being seen, the level of visibility indicated by a "light gem", and to avoid being heard, different surfaces make different noises, Guards can be alerted by either, and remaining hidden is ever important.
www.mobygames.com /game/windows/thief-the-dark-project   (432 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Thief: Video: Michael Mann,James Caan,Tuesday Weld,Willie Nelson,James Belushi,Robert Prosky,Tom ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Thief's dark noir spaces are tinged with the neon palette that has become the trademark of director Michael Mann (Miami Vice, Heat).
Frank's a car dealer by day and jewel thief by night and as an ex con who has spent 11 of his 35 years in prison Frank knows that he doesn't have a second to lose and that the odds and the fates are against him.
THIEF is a one-last-hoist-then-I-retire caper film, starring James Caan as the master thief, Tuesday Weld as his love interest and James Belushi as his partner in crime.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6304084277?v=glance   (3569 words)

  
 sharky extreme - games - thief review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Thief requires cunning and forces the player to confront enemies only as a last resort.
The game places the player in the shoes of Garrett, a thief in a setting that best resembles a cross between early-Industrial Age London and your local Medieval Times.
The environment is a hodgepodge of dank sewers, cobblestone streets, torch-lit alleyways and expansive manors, littered with the occasional guard.
www.sharkyextreme.com /games/lglass_thief_r   (236 words)

  
 Thief Pic
Though you can probably find Thief 2 or Thief: TDP by looking around Thief: Gold is proving to be a rather elusive prize.
Thief: Gold appears to be sold out at DealDealDeal so I've removed the link from my previous news item.
Thief and Thief 2 images are probably copyrighted by Looking Glass Studios, I think.
www.3dactionplanet.com /thief/walk   (1021 words)

  
 Thief TV Show - Thief Television Show - TV.com
Andre Braugher talks about how baffled he is as to why Thief was cancelled, what it takes to be a great actor and gives some advice to aspiring actors.
In the season finale, Nick ends up facing another personal tragedy as the crew struggles to escape out of New Orleans after their heist was plagued with mistake after mistake.
Thief has some of the best and bravest writing on tv.
www.tv.com /thief/show/26478/summary.html   (286 words)

  
 Game Revolution PC Review Page - Game Revolution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He kept to the shadows; all the guards saw was that he had the sloping brow of a criminal mastermind and the tools of a master thief.
Thief separates itself from the rest of the pack by concentrating on the one thing that the frag-fests ignore - complex gameplay.
The object of Thief is not to be a one-man genocidal force (no matter how much you idolize Stalin).
www.game-revolution.com /games/pc/action/thief.htm   (948 words)

  
 The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
The film opens with a vulgar scatological scene, when a man is smeared with excrement by 'The Thief', Albert Spica.
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover DVD 2
The painting on the wall of Le Hollandais restaurant is called The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Milita Company, painted in 1616 by Dutch painter Frans Hals.
www.petergreenaway.co.uk /ctwl.htm   (1234 words)

  
 Thief (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The penitent thief ("robber," the Revised Version (British and American) Mark 15:27; Matthew 27:38, Matthew 27:44; "malefactor," Luke 23:32, Luke 23:39) was one of the two criminals crucified with Christ.
It should be noted that unusual moral courage was needed for the thief to make his request at such a time and under such circumstances, and that his case has little in common with certain sentimental "death-bed repentances."
To explain the repentance and the acknowledgment of Christ as Messiah, some previous acquaintance of the thief with Christ must be supposed, but all guesses as to time and place are of course useless.
www.bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/8735   (459 words)

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